Seth has a PhD in Sociology from Tallinn University, Estonia. With an early academic and professional background in Real Estate Management and Urban Studies, my current research interest transcends into development related issue of urban poverty alleviation in West Africa through human capital development initiatives of NGOs in rural areas. Social entrepreneurship and community development are also areas of interest in my research.
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The research concluded that, Obuasi was expanding spatially after the closure the goldmines in 2014 eventhough there is no economic spine anymore and livelihood sources are fragmented.
Papers by Seth Amofah
a poverty alleviation analysis method in emerging development cooperation.
International development organizations at the micro levels in northern Ghana have used various tools and methods in implementing their projects. The possibility to use the basic needs approach to development, which prioritizes the fulfilment of people’s everyday needs as a tracker to the narrative of successes or failures of such interventions was the main objective of this study. A qualitative case study was used to research poverty reduction work of an Estonian NGO, MTÜ Mondo in Nabdam District of
Ghana. Results showed that poverty and its alleviation mean differently to different people, hence programs aimed at reducing poverty should be analyzed using a diverse but lower level basic criteria which could be appreciated within specific communities. This paper concludes that “cooperative” basic needs approach to sustainable poverty alleviation works better in communities with acute incidence of poverty. Cooperatives
formed as an implementation mechanism for economic empowerment projects serve broader purposes such as providing social capital for acutely disadvantaged communities. The paper recommends that already existing and new entrant NGOs, as well as government interventions, need to conclusively evaluate the needs of each community.
Books by Seth Amofah
development organizations and the communities in which they operate.
As organizations work across borders and deal with different communities and people with different backgrounds, there is a greater tendency for ambivalence. Ambivalence can be strengthened by untranslatability (Lomas, 2017), given the different cultural backgrounds of the actors, and can both lead to creative processes and to frictions. By focalizing on Northern Ghana, the chapter looks into how the operations of international nongovernment organizations (NGOs) in developing countries might lead to ambivalence within the receiving communities, despite NGOs’ purported positive intentions.
The research concluded that, Obuasi was expanding spatially after the closure the goldmines in 2014 eventhough there is no economic spine anymore and livelihood sources are fragmented.
a poverty alleviation analysis method in emerging development cooperation.
International development organizations at the micro levels in northern Ghana have used various tools and methods in implementing their projects. The possibility to use the basic needs approach to development, which prioritizes the fulfilment of people’s everyday needs as a tracker to the narrative of successes or failures of such interventions was the main objective of this study. A qualitative case study was used to research poverty reduction work of an Estonian NGO, MTÜ Mondo in Nabdam District of
Ghana. Results showed that poverty and its alleviation mean differently to different people, hence programs aimed at reducing poverty should be analyzed using a diverse but lower level basic criteria which could be appreciated within specific communities. This paper concludes that “cooperative” basic needs approach to sustainable poverty alleviation works better in communities with acute incidence of poverty. Cooperatives
formed as an implementation mechanism for economic empowerment projects serve broader purposes such as providing social capital for acutely disadvantaged communities. The paper recommends that already existing and new entrant NGOs, as well as government interventions, need to conclusively evaluate the needs of each community.
development organizations and the communities in which they operate.
As organizations work across borders and deal with different communities and people with different backgrounds, there is a greater tendency for ambivalence. Ambivalence can be strengthened by untranslatability (Lomas, 2017), given the different cultural backgrounds of the actors, and can both lead to creative processes and to frictions. By focalizing on Northern Ghana, the chapter looks into how the operations of international nongovernment organizations (NGOs) in developing countries might lead to ambivalence within the receiving communities, despite NGOs’ purported positive intentions.